Conclusion

The memory symbols are very powerful but need a bit of planning. It is important to decide when to define, store and retrieve the values in these symbols.

5.20 f$chat

OpenHoldem’s chat feature is provided for two reasons: deception and fun. The key to chat is to use it wisely and to not overdo it.

OH-Script
Create a new formula f$chat with OpenHoldem, which returns 0, if you wish no chat and one of the constants described below to send a simple chat message. These constants are not available as OpenHoldem symbols, you have to use the numerical values (gg=1, nh=2,...).

OH-Script with DLL
Simply define f$chat as dll$chat and handle this symbol in “query_symbol“ in your DLL. Return the same constants as used above to specify the message to send, especially “no_simple_Chat” to send no message.

DLL only
Using Chat in your DLL gives you two additional opportunities:

- Any chat message you want

- At any time

At startup your DLL will receive an additional message "p_send_chat_message", providing a pointer to access the chat function. The function has the following prototype:

void SendChatMessage(char* new_message)

Available chat messages
A complete list of available symbols for formula coders is defined in “PokerChat.hpp”

enum
{
no_simple_Chat = 0,
simple_Chat_gg,
simple_Chat_nh,
simple_Chat_vnh,
simple_Chat_n1,
simple_Chat_wow,
simple_Chat_lol,
simple_chat_rofl,
simple_Chat_haha,
simple_Chat_tu,
simple_Chat_thx,
simple_Chat_omg,
simple_Chat_sick,
simple_Chat_fu,
simple_Chat_fish,
simple_Chat_hi,
simple_Chat_hello,
simple_Chat_bye,
};

Safety measure:
To prevent a crazy bot flooding the chat, there are two settings in {Preferences}:

- Minimum delay (seconds)

- Additional random delay (seconds)

Adjust these to any value you are comfortable with, if you trust your bot.

Limitations:

- One message at a time. There is no waiting list, or queue, to handle multiple messages (as we are lazy and assume, there's no need for too much chat at a poker table).

- There is no way to specify any concrete delay. The messages will be sent only when {The Autoplayer} is active and there will be an additional delay per character, the intent being to simulate human-like input.

- Only predefined chat messages if you are not using a DLL.

- No support for non-alpha-numeric-characters, due to technical reasons.

- On some sites that temporarily block the chat (e.g. Cakepoker), multiple chat messages can queue up in the poker client. The obvious counter measure would be to always delete the chat box, but that could raise a red flag on other sites.

Chat and Table Maps
In order to use the chat function, OpenHoldem has to know where the chat box of your casino software is. Therefore the corresponding TableMap has to specify a region that defines the location of the chat box. The name of this region is “chatbox“, and describes a rectangle with no transform.

Without the chat box region, all attempts to chat will be ignored without any warnings, avoiding anything that could disturb the screen scraping process.

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